The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-17

newspaper men Is unknown LII Ehgland),
that the Ministers must answer all the
questions put to them by members. And [
can assure YOU tho opposition put them
through a course of sprouts that the check
lest newspaper reporter America ever pro
duced would not dare to do. These QucS-
tions and answers being published in full, all
the papers and the public get the benefit of
them, and the interviewer Office Is gone.
Meanwhile the nation watch this game Of
fence attentiVely, and when the Ministers
are inadequate to the defense OF their posi-
ton, Parliament is dissolved, and the quos
ton il at once asked the people, whether
they do or do not approve the course Of the
government. 1t is a complete and perfect
government of the people by the people
There is no waiting two to four years for the
constituents of a man or of party TO ex-
press their disapprobation and turn Inn out
of office after the mischief has been done.
Well, a truce to politics; only let me add,
my dinner was good, the company better,
and the moon shone brightly when | once
more emerged from the door under the clock
i'll the tower.
The American Exhibition grows daily,
both in the moral and material sense. 1t is
a huge affair, and under the guidance OF
Mr.. J. r. Whitley and Mr.. 7. 9. Speed,
now his able lieutenant, the great engine
that they have built up little by little for
the past three wears is working with ac-
curacv, precision and marvellous efficiency.
By the time that the State Of Nebraska ar
rives with the Wild West, and in part the
exhibits, the building will be completed and
entirely ready for their reception. 1t Is
marvellous the rapidity with which this vast
structure and its surroundings have grown
ND on what was five months ago a most I'M
promising looking tract, partially waste lard
and partially cabbage gardens. Now the
American flag flies in every direction, and
reminds those of us who were at the con-
tennial of the palmy days of that great fes-
tival. The goal of all these years of de
voted sclf-saclifcing labor and vast expen-
diture is now in sight, and you may assure
your readers that America will be proud OF
the way both in which she is represented and
in which she has been received before they
are 80 days older.
The weather is warm and spring like, and
already the lovely soft green, which only
the humid atmosphere of England can pro
duce, has overspread the grand garden of
twelve acres The primroses and the GRO
cuses are in bloom, and even the heavens
seem TO smile encouragingly on the compile
ton of Columbia's enterprise.
The curiosity to SEQ Buffalo Bill and his
colleagues and possessions Is so great in Lon
don that their removal from the docks to the
greatest secrecy and in the dead of night A
high police official assured ME that he was
convinced that if they were to march
through the city by daylight that the
crowds would be as great and the suspension
of business and traffic as complete as on the
day of the Lord Mayors show.
The executive staff are now in full pos
session of the offices in the buildings These
are very light, airy and commOdious, and
i I..yf fapf
RumOrs were started by some malicious
person that Buffalo Bill would not appear
at the exhibition, etc, and believe reached
America by cable. The presence of Maj. j.
NJ. Burke, General Manager of the Wild
West, on the ground and the publication by
all the leading daily papers Of his prompt
and emphatic denial, set these at rest imme-
diately.
Many anecdotes are told of the German
Emperor in connection with his birthday.
Here is one worth repeating. At the time
of the Furstentag at Frankfort, in 1868,
King William was one day walking in the
neighborhood of Baden-Baden, accom-
panied by Bismarck and a number of ladies
and gentlemen. Passing a gypsy hut one OF
the ladies said:
''That is where the famous gypsy girl,
Preciosa, tells fortunes"
The party, all in walking dress, entered
the hut, and Lad theF fortunes told in sue
cession, the King, whose identity was con
cealed, coming last. Preciosa held his
hand long while in silence, and then said:
~ see a great crown, great victories and
great age. You will live ninety-six years,
but your last days will bring many troubles
and much sorrow"
The King forgot all about the prophecy
till in 1884, when at a ball
at the Russian Countess Embassy,
in Berlin, the Hungarian Erdody,
whose mother was a gypsy woman, was pre-
sented to him. During long conversation
it was mentioned that the Countess had the
gift of chiromancy. Tie Emperor held out
bis hand, and the Countess, after examining
the lines, gravely said:
Your majesty is destined to live ninety
six years.
The Emperor was much struck by the CO
incidence.
Caroline, Duchess of Montrose, must be ac-
counted one of the cleverest practitioners on
the turf By the success of her horse
Oberon she is said to have Melted something
like &15,000 besides the stakes. And yet the
knowing ones declared that Oberon was
mot half-trained," and ''palpably unfit to
rum All weathers seem alike to her when
racing is on the ''tapis;" and she hraved the
snow and the bitter winds at Lincoln with
the same resolution that she did the rain at
Sandown on the Eclipse Stakes day last
year, when she promeuaded the paddoci;
with no better protection for head and feet
than a red silk sunshade and pair Of hinsy
little bronze slippers.